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    1 month ago

    I love your idea in theory. In practice, I think it’s far too easy to hide CEO compensation and too effortful (ie, costly) for the government to track that. The easiest solution would probably be a carbon tax - which I figure would be linked to more transparently documented corporate revenue. As important historical context: that is the pro-business solution to navigating the climate crisis that the Conservatives and the ownership class wanted: a market-based solution without direct government regulation. Years later, they’ve rejected the most pro-business solution that they themselves championed and have worked hard to turn average Canadian voters against it through propaganda that the carbon tax is taking money from average Canadians. Now the Conservatives and ownership class’s solution to navigating the climate crisis is: pretend it doesn’t exist, keep riding this blip of unsustainable profitability as long as possible, and prevent everyday Canadians from realizing what they’re doing. The carbon tax should have been able to fund good jobs in a new economy